Iâ€™m working on a parody of the Oscars (apologies to all the parody masters out there-Iâ€™m a novice-It’s a work in progress).

Any feedback – much appreciated.

* Backstage at the Oscars Rehearsal *

Producer: â€œFive minutes everybody! Places please! This is a live rehearsal! Camera one â€“ zoom in on Jon!â€

Jon Stewart: â€œDick? Iâ€™m gonna open with the Bush/Cheney â€˜Brokeback Mountainâ€™ joke. Maybe use the â€œCapote & Cheney Huntingâ€ stuff later? You know, after we have the â€œJumpinâ€™ Jihadâ€ musical number. What do you think?â€

Producer: â€œYeah, that works. Donâ€™t forget Rosie Oâ€™Donnell and Nathan Lane are doing the â€œGay Love Stories at the Moviesâ€ montage right after you. Keep it tight on the monologue. We donâ€™t have a lot of time before the commercial breakâ€¦â€

Producer: â€œOf course. Camera Two? Make sure you get a good shot of Cindy Sheehan sitting next to Michael Moore during Jonâ€™s monologue! Third joke in, wait for the line â€œBush loves cartoons at the moviesâ€¦.â€

Jon Stewart: â€œCindy promised to wear her tee shirt if we showed it. That still a go?â€

Producer: â€œHell yeah! This isnâ€™t the â€˜State of the Unionâ€™ speech, you know. We still have free speech in Hollywood! By the way, make sure you pull all the â€œMohammad – The Musicalâ€ jokesâ€

Jon Stewart: â€œI pulled all the Mohammad jokes. No sense offending a respected religion for no reason. We donâ€™t need any grief over being â€˜insensitiveâ€™ to cultural differences.

Producer: â€œAbsolutely. Thatâ€™s the same reason we dropped Theo Van Gogh from the â€œIn Memoriamâ€ montage. I mean, the guy basically made a hate film. We canâ€™t celebrate that.

Jon Stewart: â€œNot enough fire insurance in the world to mention that guy! Can you imagine?!? Theyâ€™d burn the theater down!

Producer: â€œHell! Theyâ€™d burn half of Hollywood down!â€

Jon Stewart: â€œIs Redgrave going to hand out the award to â€œParadise Nowâ€ when Palestine wins for best foreign film?â€

Producer: â€œWho else? Sheâ€™s always supported them. We thought it was a good fit. Should be an interesting acceptance speech, too.â€

Jon Stewart â€œDid the President tape a message for opening credits? Like Clinton did?â€

Producer: â€œThe Presidentâ€¦.? Of the Academyâ€¦.?â€

Jon Stewart: â€œNo – the President of the United States. You know, Bush?â€

Producer: â€œHell no! Will Farrell is doing a really funny impersonation of him we filmed last week. It has â€˜Bushâ€™ trying to figure out what the films are about based on just their titles! Itâ€™s a scream! He thinks â€˜Crashâ€™ is about NASCAR! Our audience will love itâ€

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